Driving-gear for motor-vehicles.



l H". L. PARRISH. DRIVING GEAR FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.

APPLIOATIOE FILED FEB. 28, 1908.

Patented June 15,1909.

www?? over the edge of the cylinder l2 While permitting said cylinder to rotate freely. The head or cover 20 provided vvith a slot 2l through Which the driving shalt 5 passes,

this s iot being elongatedsufficiently so that.

said rrover 20 will not interfere with the proper turning of the steering axle about the pivots 10, lO.

It Will he appreciated that liy ineens of this invention each of the iour wheels of the vehicle may be arranged to turn upon a steering axle,

'the Wheels, While having the parts concerned in the transmission constructed.

It will be apparent that my invention is capable of modification, and l do not desire to be understood as .limiting myself to the precise arrangement; shown, but

Having explnined the principle of my invention, and the best. inode in which at present I` contemplate applying this principle, l claim: A

l. In a driving gear for inotor vehicles, the combination with a driving shaft earl' ing a pinion, of an internal gear meshing With said pinion, a Wheel heving a driving spindle, and, pivotal connections forming a universal joint between saidinternal gear and said driving spi.n ;lle.

2. ln a. driving gen1' for inotor vehicles, the combination with two shafts and been ings therefor arranged to have a. relative movement upon a pivotal axis, o1" a head for one of Suid shafts, n ginibnl ring pivotally light, simple and easily mounted in said heed, an internal gear wheel pivotally mounted in said girnloal ring upon an axis transverse to the pivotal axis oi said ring, and a pinion. carried hy the other shaft meshing with said internal gear.

3. ln a driving gear for motor vehicles, the combination with a driving shaft Carrying a pinion, of un internal gear meshing vwith said pinion, a giinloal ring in which said internal gear 'is pivoted, a support in which said giinhal ring is pivoted upon an trzuisvcrse to the axis in Which said internal gear is pivoted, and a driven shaft carrying said support for they ginilial ring.

4;. In a driving gear for inotor vehicles, the conibiinition with a pivoted steering yoke 9 carrying a. Wheel, of a live `axle L for said Wheel, a hollow cylindrical head carried by said live axle, a giinbnl ring pivoted in said cylindrical head upon en axis in the saine plane with the pivotal axis of the steering yoke, an internal gear hung in said giinbnl ring upon pivots transverse to the pivotal mounting oi said ring, and a driving shaft having a pinion meshing u ith said internal gear, and nieans for maintaining pinion and internal gear in operative relation to each other. Y A

5. In a. driving gear .ior moto; vehicles, the combination Wit-h a Wheel, oi? an axle frame, a steering axle pivoted to said traine and supporting said wheel, a live spindle xed to seid Wheel and passing through Said steering axle, a universal coupling one niem- .her'whereof is carried by said spindle, a

gear wheel carried by another member of said universal coupling, and a stub driving shaft pivoted inthe axle frame and having a pinion meshing with said gear.

In Witness whereof, I, hereunto subscribe niy name this 12th dey of February, A. D.;

HERBERT L. PRRISH. lWitnesses D. C. Tannen, A. H. MOORE. 

